Blockchain
CFETS joins R3-led project
Number of participants rises above 60 since September 2015 launch
The decline of the cash empire
Alex Lipton: the last line of defence between us and punitive negative rates is paper currency
Banks test blockchain potential for real-time market surveillance
Regulators can monitor a million active trades and hundreds of messages per second in swap test
An imperfect solution: Derivatives create new challenges for buy side
Sponsored survey analysis: Calypso Technology
Blockchain: a solution looking for a problem
While new financial technologies show considerable promise, many proposed applications are either naive or miss the mark outright
Commodities may be a sweet spot for blockchain
Some aspects of commodity markets make them a natural fit for distributed ledger technology
Fintech firms seek to apply blockchain to commodities
Potential uses range from tracking physical assets to payment systems for rooftop solar
Central banks eye advantages of digital currencies
BoE economist says digital currencies might improve real policy rates, tax rates and bank competition
Central banks are not fintech accelerators – Bundesbank
German payments authority says fintech should receive equal regulatory treatment to banks
Smart contracts to slash time and costs, say technologists
Blockchain to deliver lucrative benefits to derivatives market, London conference hears
Blockchain creators call for new reference data paradigm
Derivatives trade identifiers to leverage off cryptographic hashes
Status quo will push back on blockchain, conference hears
Control, cost, intermediaries and law all seen as hurdles for use of blockchain in financial markets
CME warns some fintechs ‘miss the point’ in clearing
IDX panellists see reduced operational role for CCPs that will instead act as trusted oracles
Distributed ledger innovators imagine a world without CSDs
CSDs counter they fulfil functions blockchain cannot, and regulatory changes are needed to disintermediate them
Barclays taps blockchain for equity swaps, options, swaptions
Regulatory capital savings offered by instant settlement of smart contracts on distributed ledgers
Standards crucial to future of blockchain
Distributed ledger technology risks fragmentation as multiple contenders emerge
David Rutter: gambling on blockchain and a Treasuries revolution
Former BrokerTec chief says technology can transform the financial markets
Blockchain faces obstacles in uncleared swap market
Isda AGM: Technology may have applications but will take time to gain market's confidence
Blockchain tech for derivatives CCPs – friend or foe?
Distributed ledgers can benefit – and won't replace – CCPs, says Nasdaq Clearing president
Fintech needs new regulatory framework, says Mizuho chief
New technology creates fresh risks, which require supervision, says Sato
DTCC bets on blockchain to slash CCP liquidity needs
New technology set to boost repo netting, shrinking $50bn facility "substantially"
Blockchain tipped as fix for margin segregation
ISAs could move to distributed ledgers within 18 months, Barclays technologist claims
Firms weigh impact of blockchain on post-trade services
Opportunity for using distributed ledgers in OTC market discussed at meeting held by CFTC
Nasdaq: pioneering trade means 2016 will be the year of blockchain
It was the first exchange to complete a private securities trade via the Linq platform